Latest news
Recent news releases and decisions on ASIRT investigations.
- April 27, 2023
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigation into a 2020 incident and released the assistant executive director’s full report on it.
- April 11, 2023
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigation into an incident and released the assistant executive director’s full report.
- April 5, 2023
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into two separate incidents and released the assistant executive director’s full reports on them.
- April 3, 2023
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into two separate incidents and released the assistant executive director’s full reports on them.
- March 28, 2023
On March 12, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Red Deer.
- March 24, 2023
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into three separate incidents and released full reports on them.
- March 15, 2023ASIRT investigation continues into RCMP officer-involved shooting causing injury in Wheatland County
On Feb. 12, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Wheatland County.
- March 10, 2023
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into two separate incidents and released full reports on them.
- March 9, 2023
On March 2, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the city of Edmonton.
- March 8, 2023
On March 1, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the Town of Vermilion.
- March 1, 2023
On Feb. 25, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the Town of Canmore.
- March 1, 2023
On Feb. 14, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the City of Calgary.
- February 14, 2023
On Feb. 8, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the City of Calgary.
- February 10, 2023
On Feb. 4, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred earlier that same day on the Cold Lake First Nation.
- January 13, 2023
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into three separate incidents and released the full reports on each of them.
- January 3, 2023
On Dec. 25, 2022, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting earlier that day in Strathmore.
- December 23, 2022
On Dec. 22, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate a Calgary police officer-involved shooting that happened the previous day.
- December 21, 2022
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigation into an incident and released the executive director’s full report on it.
- December 20, 2022
On Dec. 13, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an RCMP officer-involved shooting that occurred earlier that day in Saddle Lake.
- December 20, 2022
On Nov. 8, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an RCMP officer-involved shooting in Elizabeth Metis Settlement that occurred earlier that day.
- December 16, 2022
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigation into an incident and released the executive director’s full report on it.
- December 8, 2022
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into five separate incidents and released full reports on each of them.
- December 6, 2022
On Oct. 9, 2021, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an allegation of sexual assault by a Calgary Police Service officer.
- December 6, 2022
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into two separate incidents and released the assistant executive director’s full reports on them.
- December 5, 2022
On Dec. 1, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an RCMP officer-involved shooting near Maskwacis that occurred earlier that day.
- November 28, 2022
On Nov. 24, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed under the framework agreement with the Yukon government to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Whitehorse.
- November 25, 2022
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed its investigations into two separate incidents and released the executive director’s full reports on them.
- November 10, 2022
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed an investigation into a 2020 incident and released the executive director’s full report.
- November 9, 2022
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has completed investigations into two separate incidents and released both of the executive director’s full reports.
- November 8, 2022
On Nov. 4, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the in-custody death of a man shortly after arrest by Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officers the previous day.
News archive
View any news release issued by ASIRT:
Timing
ASIRT issues a news release and, in time-sensitive situations, a tweet:
- after the province’s director of law enforcement assigns ASIRT a file
- at the conclusion of an ASIRT investigation
Exceptions
ASIRT’s executive director chooses when to issue news releases or tweets for investigations into Alberta police officers whose conduct:
- may have caused serious injuries
- may have caused death
- has led to sexual assault allegations
Balancing transparency
When ASIRT issues a news release or tweet, the team strives to:
- disclose as much information as possible to the public
- protect the confidentiality of witnesses
- guard the privacy rights of those involved
- maintain the integrity of investigations
Revealing names
In its news releases and tweets, ASIRT does not usually include the names of people who have:
- died
- been seriously injured
Exceptions
ASIRT may reveal a person's identity in a news release or tweet based on:
- the circumstances surrounding the incident
- a combination of other factors, such as the:
- requirements of an investigation
- person's position on their name being released
- family's position on the name of their deceased relative being released
- person's age
- person's name already being in the public domain
- stage of an investigation
- limitations imposed by law – Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Youth Criminal Justice Act, etc.
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